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Re: AM14U3 Kit Chassis Mods to traverse DEFENSES

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Originally Posted by MrForbes View Post
Interesting...one of the ideas we had was to have two kit chassis modules next to each other with wheels overlapping! But it turns out to be kind of difficult to implement, and it doesn't seem to be necessary.
We don't actually have two modules, but we have increased the width of each side module by 1 1/2" and switched from belts to #25 chain to make room for two ranks of wheels. We gear down 2:1 from the drive axle to the dead axles, which makes the 4" wheel on the drive axle go the same speed as the 8's. We're designing a tortoise to face off against the hares. We just have to do some testing to make sure we're not a tortuga.
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